Present projects
Lydia Goldblatt: And The Word Was God
30 June - 5 September 2008
Lydia Goldblatt. And The Word Was God, 2007
Pavilion Opening Event
Pavilion is hosting an event to mark the opening of And The Word Was God by Lydia Goldblatt. The opening event will take place 10 July 2008, 6 – 8pm at Pavilion. To attend please RSVP admin@pavilion.org.uk.
Opening times: Monday - Friday 1.00 - 5.00pm and by appointment.
Admission is free.
And The Word Was God is a photographic and film based series that probes the encounter between collective and individual religious practice and experience. Goldblatt photographs the performance of rites of passage rituals and ceremoniesby young people, looking at the moments at which children adopt forms of religious language and gesture.
In photography, the depiction of religious rituals is normally found in documentary practices, with the Christian overtones of the grand Family of Man project by Edward Steichen in the 1950’s representing the most cloying version. Here, children of all nationalities and religions are presented as uncomplicated, innocent beacons of light within a troubled world. This aestheticisation of youth as symbolic of hope and innocence is courted by the glossy prints and cute prettiness of Goldblatt’s models. However, this aestheticisation emphasises the theatricality of these representations, underlining the distance from a documentary tradition that pretends to depict an unmanipulated reality. Catherine Grant, 2007
And The Word Was God was commissioned by Pavilion as part of the Pavilion Commissions Programme 2007.
The programme was supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.
All prints in the exhibition are for sale. Please speak contact Ruth Haycock
E> ruth@pavilion.org.uk or T>0113 242 5100 to assist with print sales enquiries.
Some of the work from this series can be viewed in the Online Gallery.
Related Link:
Lydia Goldblatt: www.lydiagoldblatt.com
Pavilion Commissions Programme 2008
Through the Pavilion Commissions Programme, Pavilion aims to make an important contribution to the UK photographic sector, in collaborating with emerging UK-based photographic practitioners to produce and showcase challenging and innovative new work.
Each of the five photographers selected for this opportunity are collaborating with Pavilion, to develop and deliver a new body of work for exhibition as a group show at the National Media Museum, Bradford in September 2008.
The five photographers selected for this exciting opportunity are:
Peter Ainsworth
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Tess Hurrell
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Jo Longhurst
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Moira Lovell
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Kevin Newark
Commission proposal & CV. Read More (PDF 54KB)
Programme Mentor Max Kandhola
Max Kandhola is a fine art photographer and a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. His photographic work and essays have been exhibited and published internationally. Kandhola’s approach is philosophical; he has been observing and questioning identity and memory, mapping ancestral narratives through history and heritage. The photography engages with a social and political discourse of cultural diversity and ethnicity, reflecting upon the residual presence and its environment, tracing specific lived realities.
Kandhola has published three books, most recently, Flatland A Landscape of Punjab (Dewi Lewis Publishing 2007), Illustration of Life (Dewi Lewis Publishing & Light Work New York 2003), Autograph Monograph, Peter Max Kandhola (Autograph ABP 1996).
Related Links:
National Media Museum, Bradford: www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
The Photographers' Gallery, London: www.photonet.org.uk
Autograph ABP: www.autograph-abp.co.uk
Dewi Lewis Publishing: www.dewilewispublishing.com
Jo Longhurst: www.jolonghurst.com
Light work Syracuse New York: www.lightwork.org
Peter Ainsworth: www.peterainsworth.co.uk
Tess Hurrell: www.tesshurrell.com
The Pavilion Commissions Programme 2008 is a Pavilion initiative, supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, delivered in partnership with National Media Museum, Bradford.
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